Unlikely friendships movies and TV shows

The list contains the best, new and most relevant unlikely friendships movies ordered by relevance. The recommendation service has sorted out feel good, touching, humorous, funny, sentimental and semi serious films and TV shows about / with unlikely friendships, friendship, friends, love, teenager, inspiration, family relations, love story, friend and kiss plots mostly in Comedy, Drama and Family genres shot in USA, Japan, Canada and other countries.
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TOP 10 movies tagged as unlikely friendships: The Intern (2015), The Shawshank Redemption (1994), Anna and the King (1999), The Intouchables (2011), A Man Called Ove (2015), My Neighbor Totoro (1988), When Harry Met Sally... (1989), The King's Speech (2010), The Help (2011), Pete's Dragon (1977).

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 7.1
 272K
The Intern (2015)
Genre: Comedy, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 121 min.
Story: 70-year-old widower Ben Whittaker has discovered that retirement isn't all it's cracked up to be. Seizing an opportunity to get back in the game, he becomes a senior intern at an online fashion site, founded and run by Jules Ostin.
Style: feel good, inspirational, light, sweet, touching ...
Audience: chick flick, family outing, teens, girls' night
Plot: workplace, mentor, friendship, elderly, office, life philosophy, unlikely friendships, prejudice, fashion, workplace situations, intern, internet ...
Time: year 2015, 2010s, 21st century
Place: new york, usa, brooklyn new york city, san francisco, peru ...
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The Shawshank Redemption (1994)
Genre: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 142 min.
Story: Framed in the 1940s for the double murder of his wife and her lover, upstanding banker Andy Dufresne begins a new life at the Shawshank prison, where he puts his accounting skills to work for an amoral warden. During his long stretch in prison, ...
Style: clever, inspirational, touching, sentimental, twist ending ...
Audience: date night, kids, chick flick, teens, family friendly ...
Plot: prison, prison escape, freedom, human spirit, hopes, stephen king, life, friendship between men, friendship, plot twist, life philosophy, adaptation ...
Time: 1940s, 90s, 1950s, 2010s, year 1994 ...
Place: usa, america, iran, persia, pacific ocean ...
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Anna and the King (1999)
Genre: Drama, History, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 148 min.
Story: The story of the romance between the King of Siam (now Thailand) and the widowed British school teacher Anna Leonowens during the 1860s. Anna teaches the children and becomes romanced by the King. She convinces him that a man can be loved by just ...
Style: romantic, epic, serious, emotional, captivating ...
Audience: adult
Plot: love story, royal family, culture clash, social differences, interracial relations, unlikely friendships, forbidden love, teacher, opposites attract, love and romance, palace, fall in love ...
Time: 19th century, victorian era, 1860s, ancient times, year 1999 ...
Place: southeast asia, asia, thailand, madagascar, burma
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The Intouchables (2011)
Genre: Comedy, Drama
Country: France
Duration: 112 min.
Story: A true story of two men who should never have met – a quadriplegic aristocrat who was injured in a paragliding accident and a young man from the projects.
Style: inspirational, feel good, touching, emotional, motivational ...
Audience: date night, teens, family friendly, adult
Plot: friendship, disability, friendship between men, unlikely friendships, life philosophy, disabled person, lifestyle change, human relationship, handicapped, culture clash, friends, interracial friendship ...
Time: 2010s, year 2011, 21st century
Place: france, paris france
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A Man Called Ove (2015)
Genre: Comedy, Drama, Romance
Country: Sweden
Duration: 116 min.
Story: Despite grumpy 59 year-old Ove being deposed as president of his condominium association, but he keeps looking over the neighbourhood with an iron fist. When pregnant Parvaneh and her family move into the terraced house opposite Ove and she ...
Style: touching, ironic, emotional, feel good, scenic ...
Audience: family friendly
Plot: unlikely friendships, suicide attempt, love, aging, swedish, mentor, life & death, pregnant woman, cancer, friendship, destiny, adaptation ...
Time: year 2015, 2010s, year 2016, year 2014
Place: spain, scandinavia, eastern europe
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One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest (1975)
Genre: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 133 min.
Story: While serving time for insanity at a state mental hospital, implacable rabble-rouser, Randle Patrick McMurphy inspires his fellow patients to rebel against the authoritarian rule of head nurse, Mildred Ratched.
Style: psychological, thought provoking, dramatic, serious, surprise ending ...
Audience: date night, family friendly, teen drama, adult
Plot: mental illness, mental institution, fighting the system, human spirit, insanity, freedom, psychiatrist, unlikely friendships, psychopath, society, nurse, escaped mental patient ...
Time: 60s, 20th century, year 1975
Place: oregon, eastern europe, america, persia
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My Neighbor Totoro (1988)
Genre: Animation, Comedy, Family, Fantasy
Country: Japan
Duration: 86 min.
Story: Two sisters move to the country with their father in order to be closer to their hospitalized mother, and discover the surrounding trees are inhabited by Totoros, magical spirits of the forest. When the youngest runs away from home, the older sister ...
Style: anime, feel good, atmospheric, sweet, touching ...
Audience: family outing, family friendly, kids, toddlers, preschool
Plot: children, friendship, magical, magic, countryside, sisters, child protagonist, parents and children, young heroes, sister sister relationship, hospital, teaching the ways of the world ...
Time: year 1988, 1950s, 20th century, 50s
Place: japan, asia
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When Harry Met Sally... (1989)
Genre: Comedy, Drama, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 95 min.
Story: During their travels from Chicago to New York, Harry and Sally Will debate whether or not sex ruins a perfect relationship between a man and a woman. Eleven years later, and they're still no closer to finding the answer.
Style: feel good, romantic, sweet, sentimental, funny ...
Audience: date night, girls' night, chick flick
Plot: male female friendship, autumn, friendship, love and romance, initially antagonists, best friends in love, fall in love, unlikely couple, love story, life philosophy, opposites attract, looking for love ...
Time: 80s, 20th century, 70s, year 1989, year 1987 ...
Place: new york, seattle, chicago, usa
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The King's Speech (2010)
Genre: Biography, Drama, History
Country: UK, USA
Duration: 118 min.
Story: The King's Speech tells the story of the man who became King George VI, the father of Queen Elizabeth II. After his brother abdicates, George ('Bertie') reluctantly assumes the throne. Plagued by a dreaded stutter and considered unfit ...
Style: inspirational, period piece, sincere, uplifting, dramatic ...
Audience: chick flick, teens, adult
Plot: british royal family, british history, world war two, stuttering, royal family, disability, queen, politics, unlikely friendships, british monarchy, king of england, historical character ...
Time: 1930s, year 2010, 2010s, pre world war two, 50s ...
Place: england, britain, london, united kingdom, scotland ...
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 8.1
 490K
The Help (2011)
Genre: Drama
Country: USA, India
Duration: 146 min.
Story: Aibileen Clark is a middle-aged African-American maid who has spent her life raising white children and has recently lost her only son; Minny Jackson is an African-American maid who has often offended her employers despite her family's ...
Style: touching, inspirational, thought provoking, uplifting, feel good ...
Audience: girls' night, chick flick, teens, kids, date night ...
Plot: racism, friendship, discrimination, civil rights, writers, women, maid, master and servant, human spirit, life is a bitch, racial segregation, racial issues ...
Time: 60s, 2010s, year 2011, 1900s, 50s ...
Place: mississippi, usa, america, africa, southern usa
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 6.3
 26K
Pete's Dragon (1977)
Genre: Animation, Adventure, Comedy, Family, Fantasy, Musical
Country: USA
Duration: 128 min.
Story: Pete, a young orphan, runs away to a Maine fishing town with his best friend a lovable, sometimes invisible dragon named Elliott! When they are taken in by a kind lighthouse keeper, Nora, and her father, Elliott's prank playing lands them in ...
Style: entertaining, intense, semi serious, feel good, touching ...
Audience: kids, family outing, girls' night, family friendly, pre-teens ...
Plot: dragon, children, unlikely friendships, small town, friendship, orphan, presumed dead, lighthouse keeper, family relations, love story, imaginary, escapades ...
Time: 20th century, 1900s
Place: maine, usa, new england
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The Fundamentals of Caring (2016)
Genre: Comedy, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 97 min.
Story: Having suffered a tragedy, Ben becomes a caregiver to earn money. His first client, Trevor, is a hilarious 18-year-old with muscular dystrophy. One paralyzed emotionally, one paralyzed physically, Ben and Trevor hit the road on a trip into the ...
Style: road movie, depressing, sentimental, compassionate, touching ...
Audience: teens, girls' night
Plot: road trip, disability, abandoned by father, coming of age, writers, friendship, tragedy, justice, loneliness, depression, redemption, mentor ...
Place: seattle, salt lake city utah, idaho, utah, montana
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 6.7
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Penelope (2006)
Genre: Comedy, Fantasy, Romance
Country: UK, USA
Duration: 104 min.
Story: Forlorn heiress Penelope Wilhern is cursed, and the only way out is to fall in love with someone of suitable stock. But how can she find her soul mate when she's sequestered inside her family's estate with only her parents to keep her ...
Style: fairy tale, romantic, feel good, light, sweet ...
Audience: girls' night, chick flick, teens, family outing, kids ...
Plot: love and romance, fall in love, self discovery, magical, looking for love, true love, couples, fantasy world, unlikely friendships, loneliness, love affair, love story ...
Time: 2000s, year 2006, 21st century
Place: britain
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 7.0
 292K
Rush Hour (1998)
Genre: Action, Comedy, Crime, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 98 min.
Story: When Hong Kong Inspector Lee is summoned to Los Angeles to investigate a kidnapping, the FBI doesn't want any outside help and assigns cocky LAPD Detective James Carter to distract Lee from the case. Not content to watch the action from the ...
Style: humorous, funny, buddy comedy, exciting, action comedy ...
Audience: family friendly, chick flick, teens, boys' night
Plot: martial arts, police, kung fu, reluctant partners, fight scenes, buddy cop, two man army, buddy, chase, african american, triad, fbi ...
Time: 90s, year 1998, 20th century, year 1997
Place: los angeles, china, california, hong kong, usa
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 7.4
 259K
The Bucket List (2007)
Genre: Adventure, Comedy, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 97 min.
Story: Corporate billionaire Edward Cole and working class mechanic Carter Chambers are worlds apart. At a crossroads in their lives, they share a hospital room and discover they have two things in common: a desire to spend the time they have left doing ...
Style: feel good, inspirational, philosophical, sentimental, touching ...
Audience: chick flick, date night
Plot: friendship, road trip, elderly, terminal illness, unlikely friendships, journey, human spirit, philosophy, bucket list, dying, follow your dream, self discovery ...
Time: year 2007, 21st century
Place: usa, africa, cote d'azur, tanzania, mount everest ...
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Lost in Translation (2003)
Genre: Comedy, Drama
Country: USA, Japan
Duration: 102 min.
Story: Two lost souls visiting Tokyo -- the young, neglected wife of a photographer and a washed-up movie star shooting a TV commercial -- find an odd solace and pensive freedom to be real in each other's company, away from their lives in America.
Style: melancholic, atmospheric, offbeat, psychological, artsy ...
Audience: date night, girls' night, chick flick, family friendly
Plot: loneliness, midlife crisis, age difference, friendship, older man younger woman relationship, alienation, fish out of water, love story, unlikely couple, self discovery, relationships, adultery ...
Time: year 2003, 2000s, 21st century
Place: japan, tokyo, asia, america, yale university ...
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 6.1
 178K
Bee Movie (2007)
Genre: Animation, Adventure, Comedy, Drama, Family
Country: USA, Canada
Duration: 91 min.
Story: Barry B. Benson, a bee who has just graduated from college, is disillusioned at his lone career choice: making honey. On a special trip outside the hive, Barry's life is saved by Vanessa, a florist in New York City. As their relationship ...
Style: humorous, entertaining, light, absurd, 3d animation ...
Audience: kids, family outing, family friendly, girls' night, pre-teens ...
Plot: animal life, unlikely friendships, culture clash, beehive, talking animal, bee, honey, fighting the system, meme, friendship, transformation, lawsuit ...
Time: year 2007, 2000s, 21st century
Place: new york, pasadena california, usa
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As Good as It Gets (1997)
Genre: Comedy, Drama, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 139 min.
Story: New York City. Melvin Udall, a cranky, bigoted, obsessive-compulsive writer, finds his life turned upside down when neighboring gay artist Simon is hospitalized and his dog is entrusted to Melvin. In addition, Carol, the only waitress who will ...
Style: feel good, touching, sweet, sentimental, inspirational ...
Audience: chick flick, date night, teens, girls' night, family outing
Plot: dog, mental illness, writers, neighbor, friendship, older man younger woman relationship, gay, gender, looking for love, age difference, waitress, misanthrope ...
Time: 90s, 20th century, year 1997
Place: new york, usa, brooklyn new york city, maryland, baltimore
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Mary and Max (2009)
Genre: Animation, Comedy, Drama
Country: Australia
Duration: 92 min.
Story: A tale of friendship between two unlikely pen pals: Mary, a lonely, eight-year-old girl living in the suburbs of Melbourne, and Max, a forty-four-year old, severely obese man living in New York. In the mid-1970's, a homely, friendless ...
Style: touching, depressing, emotional, adult animation, black comedy ...
Audience: kids, teens, adult
Plot: loneliness, stop motion, friendship, letter, social misfits, depression, mental illness, asperger's syndrome, relationships, young woman, correspondence, imaginary friend ...
Time: 20th century, year 2009, 2000s, 70s
Place: australia, persia, oceania, usa, new york
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Catch the Bullet (2021)
Genre: Western
Country: USA
Duration: 88 min.
Story: U.S. marshal Britt MacMasters returns from a mission to find his father wounded and his son kidnapped by the outlaw Jed Blake. Hot on their trail, Britt forms a posse with a gunslinging deputy and a stoic Pawnee tracker. But Jed and Britt tread ...
Style: harsh, stylized, melancholic, serious, talky ...
Plot: unlikely friendships, cowboy, desert, old west, bounty hunter, heroes, killings, revenge, justice, tough guy, hostage, criminal ...
Time: 19th century
Place: southern usa
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 6.9
 43K
Camp X-Ray (2014)
Genre: Drama, War
Country: USA
Duration: 117 min.
Story: A young woman joins the military to be part of something bigger than herself and her small-town roots. Instead, she ends up as a new guard at Guantanamo Bay, where her mission is far from black and white. Surrounded by hostile jihadists and ...
Style: sincere, intense, captivating, serious, realistic ...
Audience: teens
Plot: female soldier, american abroad, military police, female protagonist, military, friendship, bullying, prison, prison life, brutality, life philosophy, ethnic conflict ...
Time: year 2014, 2000s, 21st century
Place: iraq, middle east, afghanistan, cuba
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 7.9
 728K
Shrek (2001)
Genre: Animation, Adventure, Comedy, Family, Fantasy, Romance
Country: USA, Canada, Sweden
Duration: 90 min.
Story: It ain't easy bein' green -- especially if you're a likable (albeit smelly) ogre named Shrek. On a mission to retrieve a gorgeous princess from the clutches of a fire-breathing dragon, Shrek teams up with an unlikely compatriot -- a ...
Style: fairy tale, feel good, funny, 3d animation, humorous ...
Audience: kids, family outing, family friendly, girls' night, teens ...
Plot: princess, dragon, friendship, magic, stereotypes, talking animal, reluctant partners, love and romance, magical, anthropomorphism, imaginary kingdom, unlikely friendships ...
Time: year 2001, middle ages, medieval times, 16th century, 2000s
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 7.8
 102K
The Sandlot (1993)
Genre: Comedy, Drama, Family, Sport
Country: USA
Duration: 101 min.
Story: Scotty Smalls moves to a new neighborhood with his mom and stepdad, and wants to learn to play baseball. The neighborhood baseball guru Rodriquez takes Smalls under his wing. They fall into adventures involving baseball, treehouse sleep-ins, the ...
Style: feel good, funny, sentimental, teen, inspirational ...
Audience: kids, teens, family friendly, family outing, teen drama
Plot: baseball, childhood, coming of age, friendship, dog, adolescence, small town, boy, bullying, child, team, summer ...
Time: 60s, 20th century, 90s, year 1962
Place: utah, california, los angeles, usa
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 33K
Deck the Halls (2006)
Genre: Comedy, Family
Country: USA
Duration: 93 min.
Story: Two neighbors have it out after one of them decorates his house for the holidays so brightly that it can be seen from space.
Style: feel good, funny, humorous, light, christmas classics ...
Plot: christmas, holiday, neighbor, feud, small town, parents and children, unlikely friendships, suburbs, xmas, rivalry, couple relations, social relations ...
Time: future, 2000s
Place: europe, england, massachusetts
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 7.2
 464K
Cars (2006)
Genre: Animation, Adventure, Comedy, Family, Sport
Country: USA
Duration: 117 min.
Story: Lightning McQueen, a hotshot rookie race car driven to succeed, discovers that life is about the journey, not the finish line, when he finds himself unexpectedly detoured in the sleepy Route 66 town of Radiator Springs. On route across the country ...
Style: exciting, feel good, light, computer animated, 3d animation ...
Audience: kids, family outing, family friendly, toddlers, teens ...
Plot: car, friendship, car race, road trip, small town, happy ending, social relations, mentor, auto racing, on the road, racing, unlikely friendships ...
Time: year 2006, year 2016, 1950s, 20th century, 2000s
Place: arizona, california, madagascar, los angeles, usa
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Monsters vs. Aliens (2009)
Genre: Animation, Action, Adventure, Comedy, Family, Fantasy, Sci-Fi
Country: USA, Canada
Duration: 94 min.
Story: When Susan Murphy is unwittingly clobbered by a meteor full of outer space gunk on her wedding day, she mysteriously grows to 49-feet-11-inches. The military jumps into action and captures Susan, secreting her away to a covert government compound. ...
Style: feel good, entertaining, funny, humorous, exciting ...
Audience: kids, family outing, family friendly, girls' night, pre-teens ...
Plot: alien, alien invasion, giant, superhero, monster, robot, mad scientist, evil alien, giant robot, space and aliens, unlikely friendships, mutant ...
Place: san francisco, japan, bay area, usa, paris france ...
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 7.1
 107K
Uncle Buck (1989)
Genre: Comedy
Country: USA
Duration: 100 min.
Story: As an idle, good-natured bachelor, Uncle Buck is the last person you would think of to watch the kids. However, during a family crisis, he is suddenly left in charge of his nephew and nieces. Unaccustomed to suburban life, fun-loving Uncle Buck soon ...
Style: feel good, funny, light, entertaining, touching ...
Audience: family outing, kids, teens, girls' night, teen drama
Plot: childhood, unlikely friendships, teenager, child care, parents and children, when the parents are away, babysitter, happy ending, fish out of water, respect, uncle nephew relationship, mischievous children ...
Time: 80s, 20th century
Place: chicago, illinois, wisconsin, minnesota, usa
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Madagascar 3: Europe's Most Wanted (2012)
Genre: Animation, Adventure, Comedy, Family
Country: USA, India
Duration: 95 min.
Story: Animal pals Alex, Marty, Melman, and Gloria are still trying to make it back to New York's Central Park Zoo. They are forced to take a detour to Europe to find the penguins and chimps who broke the bank at a Monte Carlo casino. When French ...
Style: humorous, hilarious, funny, entertaining, witty ...
Audience: kids, family friendly, teens, family outing, toddlers ...
Plot: circus, penguins, zebra, getting home, talking animal, animal, friendship, villain, unlikely friendships, fantasy world, giraffe, silly humor ...
Time: year 2012, 2010s, 21st century
Place: madagascar, new york, africa, europe, monte carlo ...
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Piglet's Big Movie (2003)
Genre: Animation, Adventure, Comedy, Family, Musical, Mystery
Country: USA, Japan
Duration: 75 min.
Story: When the gang from the Hundred Acre Wood begin a honey harvest, young Piglet is excluded and told that he is too small to help. Feeling inferior, Piglet disappears and his pals Eeyore, Rabbit, Tigger, Roo and Winnie the Pooh must use Piglet's ...
Style: feel good, humorous, sweet, touching, anthology ...
Audience: kids, family outing, family friendly, preschool
Plot: friendship, winnie the pooh, unlikely friendships, children, pig, talking animal, animal, owl, danger, buddies, gang, partner ...
Time: year 2003
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 7.3
 210K
Lilo & Stitch (2002)
Genre: Animation, Adventure, Comedy, Drama, Family, Fantasy, Sci-Fi
Country: USA, Japan
Duration: 85 min.
Story: A lonely Hawaiian girl named Lilo is being raised by her older sister, Nani, after their parents die -- under the watch of social worker Cobra Bubbles. When Lilo adopts a funny-looking dog and names him "Stitch," she doesn't realize ...
Style: humorous, feel good, entertaining, touching, witty ...
Audience: kids, family outing, family friendly, toddlers, date night ...
Plot: alien, adoption, friendship, orphan, benign alien, space and aliens, unlikely friendships, sisters, experiment, heroes, self sacrifice, sister sister relationship ...
Time: year 2002, 2000s, 21st century
Place: hawaii, usa, oceania
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